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The ranks of imperial consorts have varied over the course of Chinese history but remained important throughout owing to its prominence in the management of the inner court and in imperial succession, which ranked heirs according to the prominence of their mothers in addition to their birth order.
The following is a list of empresses and queens consort of China. China has periodically been divided into kingdoms as well as united under empires, resulting in consorts titled both queen and empress. The empress title could also be given posthumously.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms imperial consorts (1 C, 12 P) H. ... Pages in category "Chinese imperial consorts" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of ...
Imperial Consorts, ranking below Empress, aren't often distinguished in English from imperial Concubines, the next lower rank, but these were also titles of significance within the imperial household. The Rites of Zhou states that Emperors are entitled to the following simultaneous spouses: 1 Empress (皇后) 3 Madames or Consorts (夫人)
Imperial Noble Consort Gongshun: Palace of Eternal Longevity (永寿宫; Yǒngshòu Gōng) She lived under supervision until 1805 1795–1811 Consort Zhuang: Palace of Earthly Honour (翊坤宫; Yìkūn Gōng) She supervised lower ranking imperial consorts since 1801 1801–1820 Concubine An She lived under supervision as first attendant 1804 ...
Imperial Noble Consort Gong Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui. Imperial noble consort (Chinese: 皇貴妃, Vietnamese: hoàng quý phi, Korean: 황귀비) was the title of women who ranked second to the Empress in the imperial harem of China during most of the period spanning from 1457 to 1915.
Imperial Noble Consort Wenjing, also known as Dowager Imperial Noble Consort Duankang [1] (6 October 1873 – 24 September 1924), of the Manchu Bordered Red Banner Tatara clan, was a consort of the Guangxu Emperor (Emperor Dezong, the penultimate monarch of the Qing dynasty, who reigned from 1875 to 1908).
Imperial Noble Consort Qinggong (12 August 1724 – 21 August 1774), of the Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner Lu clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was 13 years his junior. She came from the Lu clan (meaning she was Han Chinese). Although her family was not a very prominent one, Lady Lu rose to Noble Consort in her lifetime.